In a press release yesterday, the Pennsylvania-based Westminster Theological Seminary announced that it has filed a Motion to Intervene (full text) as a plaintiff in a Texas federal district court lawsuit brought by East Texas Baptist University and Houston Baptist University challenging the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate. (See prior posting.)
Meanwhile according to the South Bend (IN) Tribune , in a separate case, Notre Dame University filed a notice of appeal to the 7th Circuit in its challenge to the contraceptive coverage mandate. The district court dismissed its lawsuit on standing and ripeness grounds. (See prior posting.)
